Door-hanger



(No Model.)

0. F. GARDNER.

DOOR HANGER. l No. 499,222, y Patented June 13, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.l

OSCAR F. GARDNER, OF PIKE, NEW YORK.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,222, dated J' une 13, 1893. Application filed December 30, 1892. Serial 110.456,814. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, OSCAR F. GARDNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pike,

in the county of lVyoming and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Door- Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to door-hanging and has special reference to a stay and guide for the bottom of sliding doors that are adapted for use in connection with cars, barns, and other analogous purposes, and has for its object to prevent the outward free movement or swinging of the lower ends of the said doors, and to hold the same close to the frame at said lower end, and also prevent the door from jumping its track; and with this object in view, the invention consists of the construction and arrangement of the parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a frame, showing' a door hung in connection therewith, and the improved attachment applied to the lower end of the same. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line of Fig. l, taken transversely of the door and on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the door and frame showing the improved devices applied thereto. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of onerof the stays.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates a framing of either a building or a car, having Va 'door-opening 2 therein, with a track 3 mounted above the same that -is engaged by rollers 4, mounted in hangers 5, that are attached tothe upper portion of a sliding door 6. Below the door-opening, and parallel with the aforesaid track 3, is a downwardly-turned guide 7, that is dared outwardly from the framing to form a recess or space in therear of the same and engaged by stays 8,'that are secured to the inner portion of the lower end of the door and at opposite sides of the same. These stays 8 are formed from suitable metal bands that in the main are secured to the door on the inner side of the same, as stated, and have their lower ends formed into hooks 9, that embrace the lower edge of the guide 7, and hold the lower end of the door either in open or closed position in proximity to the framing and obviate outward swaying or movement, and thereby prevent the aforesaid rollers ifrom jumping the track 3, and also cause the door to retain its ding of timbers in the ground to form a base support, and further of the use of small stayrolls that readily become broken. Other advantages will appear from time to time to those using the improved construction.

Each of the stays is formed with an inward bend l1 at its lower portion that adapts the same to project nearer and closer to the outwardly-bent portion of the guide, and acts conjointly with the bevel 10 of the inner lower portion of the door to make a close fitting of the several parts. Though this construction is preferable, it will be understood, however, that where permissible it may be dispensed with, as in applying the guide and stay to the base of doors and using them in connection with ordinary barns, some of the said doors run very near to the uneven surface of the barn, thereby dispensing with the beveled portion at the lower inner side of the bottom of the doors.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is- In combination with a track arranged above a car-door opening, of acar door having hangers with rollers therein engaging the upper edge of said track, a depending outwardlyextending guide secured along the bottom of the said door-opening and parallel with the said track, said guide being bent outwardly beyond the car, and stays secured at the opposite sides against the inner surface of the lower end of the door and having their lower ends bent upward into hooks and embracing the lower edge of the said guide, su bstantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR F. GARDNER. Witnesses:

LUCAS L. GEANGER, RILEY W. BUTTLEE.

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